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Newcomers DBPro Corner / picking out of a sentence

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BB9 Brad
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Posted: 5th Dec 2003 21:52
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hi i think this has been posted a while back but i couldnt find it sorry... so.. could any one please help? i want to be able to let the program no if there is a certain word in a sentence is that possible?


and is it possible to use db to open the cd tray?

any help is appreciated thank you

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 5th Dec 2003 22:32
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you would need to get the sentence into s string variable then use Instr() funtion to find the sought term

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KNau
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Posted: 5th Dec 2003 23:29
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I'm not familiar with the Instr() command and it doesn't appear to be listed in the help files. Is this a seperate function that someone created?

If you want to do it manually I've included some code here. It basically runs through your sentence and searches for letters that match the first letter in the word you are looking for. It then checks the following letters to see if they add up to the search string. I've commented it so it should be pretty easy to follow - it looks long but it's mostly my comments and some display code you don't really need.

I hope it's what you are looking for

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BB9 Brad
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Posted: 6th Dec 2003 00:45
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yes thanks

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TKF15H
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Posted: 6th Dec 2003 17:48
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isn't instr() a VB command?

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Posted: 6th Dec 2003 18:03 Edited at: 6th Dec 2003 18:05
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Instr() is common to about 99% of all Basic languages, except DarkBasic, which is a tad annoying

Anyway it's easy enough to make your own:


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TKF15H
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Posted: 6th Dec 2003 18:24
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I know how to live without it, but I was surprised when he said DB had it.

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oops-my brain is fried. heh heh INSTR() in dbp - lol
please forive my vb programmer arse, I am snowed in at a friends house without access to my dbp, I thought it was in the language...

sorry

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Posted: 6th Dec 2003 20:28
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i think someones made a plugin(probably tca) which included instr() as one of the functions. can't remember who though...


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